Geography A-Level
Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement
What Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement
Investigation into the mechanical breakdown of rock via frost shattering (felsenmeer formation) and the downslope transport of saturated regolith through solifluction and gelifluction processes.
Topics that use Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement
- Glaciated Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Abrasion
- Accumulation and Ablation Dynamics
- Anthropogenic Encroachment
- Anthropogenic Radiative Forcing
- Bergschrund
- Climate Change and Cryospheric Flux
- Coastal Landscape Development
- Cryospheric Feedback Mechanisms
Using Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement in the exam
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